Little Bird, Big Threat

This little Kildeer was very upset with me when I walked too close last evening in the Middlefork Nature Preserve in Lake Forest. He (she?) spread its tailfeathers and kept lurching at me–a sure sign that it wanted me–gone! Story of my life….

Okay, okay, the flight call may sound like “Kil-Deer” (whatever that sounds like, I’ll listen again), but when that little brat yelled at me last evening, it sounded a lot more like, “Scram Now Blondeeeeeeee…”!